Napoleon constructed his battle plans in a sandbox.
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France’s King Louis XIV was offered biological weapons by an Italian chemist. He not only refused, but also paid the chemist an annual salary to never reveal the technology to anyone else.
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In 2011, archaeologists discovered the skeletal remains of a Roman couple who have been holding hands for 1,500 years.
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In Ancient Greece, if a woman watched even one Olympic event, she was executed.
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The first known contraceptive was crocodile dung, used by Egyptians in 2000 B.C.
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During the 1600's, boys and girls in England wore dresses until they were about seven years old.
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During the Black Plague, it was thought that bad smells were the cause of the plague. "Plague Doctors" therefore wore masks with long beak-like noses stuffed with flowers or smoke to hide the smells.
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Leonardo da Vinci was dyslexic, and he often wrote backwards.
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